AMAMIHE Journal of Applied Philosophy

This study focuses on sociolinguistics study of the slang expression used by the farmers in Orumba community of Anambra state. The aim is to find out slang expressions used by farmers and their literal meaning. Oral interview method and observation was used to elicitate authentic information needed. A descriptive method of data analysis was adopted. Slangs used by the farmers were presented and analyzed. It is observed from our analysis, that the use of slang expressions is purely in an informal context, and that slang expressions are mostly used for in-group identification as well as to hide meaning. This research concludes that slangs and slang expressions are variety of language used by the farmers in Orumba and as such should not be seen as the language of the underworld or illiteracy, but a secret informal language which the farmers use in preservation of the meaning of their conversation from outsiders or a way of making one to think deeper before understanding a statement. This also has also contributed to language growth.

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